The company, which has completed its takeover of Alcatel-Lucent, will begin trading as the “new” Nokia later this week.

Ray Owen, Head of Singapore, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand at Nokia Networks, said: “In addition to highlighting our capabilities in deploying private LTE networks, this project is a strong reiteration of our commitment to empower one of the core sectors of the Australian economy with our radio technology.

“It also underlines our focus on fostering and developing robust solution partnerships with an extensive ecosystem of partners like Challenge Networks, which has the complementary strengths and local knowledge to provide solutions perfectly tailored to customer requirements.”